GANIVET, ANGEL Y GARCIA [1865-1898] — Spain: an Interpretation = Idearium Espanol

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1946, First Thus. Hardcover. Book, Ángel Ganivet y García, (born Dec. 13, 1865, Granada, Spain,died Nov. 29, 1898. Spanish essayist and novelis. "Idearium Español" Was his most important work, an essay that examines the Spanish temperament and the historical basis of the political situation of his country. In this essay he asserts that Spaniards are basically stoical and that the country has wasted its energies on territorial aggrandizement. He maintains that Spain has suffered from "abulia" a state of paralysis of the will.This translation of Ganivet's "Idearum Espanol" [was] made by J.M.Carey. Introduction By R.M. Nadal. 137p. Neat tight copy, but SPINE cover a little faded [This copy signed on ffep by previous owner, Ronald Bryden, renowned Canadian theatre critic.]. Near Fine/No Jacket.